System Serial Number Breakdown
The system serial number contains all or most of the following
fields of information: *
| Year |
year of manufacture |
| Week |
week of manufacture |
| Plant |
manufacturing location (see
Plant Codes below) |
| Product |
type of system manufactured |
| Software |
Beginning in July 1997, systems manufactured with
Shop Floor Execution use C up to fff units/week and
D if more than fff units/week are built.
The Shop Floor System did not use this field. |
| Build number |
alphanumeric or hexadecimal build number |
* Serial numbers for Enterprise 10000 systems built in Beaverton, Oregon
and Newark, California do not contain the year, week, and
plant fields.
Examples
SunRay Serial Numbers
| SunRay 1 
|
SunRay 100 
|
SunRay 150 
|
Ultra 5 / Ultra 10 Serial Numbers
 |
|
Day field:
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday |
Plant Codes (currently active)
| CODE |
LOCATION |
VENDOR |
START
DATE |
| A |
Hillsboro, Oregon |
Sun |
11/15/01 |
| B |
Greencroft, UK |
IMP |
02/25/97 |
| C |
Foothill Ranch, California |
Celestica |
11/15/99 |
| D |
Melbourne, Florida |
Encore |
10/06/97 |
| E |
Scotland |
Solectron |
03/09/01 |
| F |
Fremont, California |
EM Solutions |
02/28/00 |
| G |
Malaysia |
Solectron (226A) |
02/02/01 |
| H |
Newark, California |
Sun |
12/05/97 |
| H |
Malaysia |
Solectron (13) |
09/02/01 |
| J |
Melbourne, Florida |
(StorEdge A7000) |
03/12/98 |
| K |
Kidsgrove, UK |
Celestica |
08/11/97 |
| L |
Lisburn, N. Ireland |
EMS Benac |
02/28/00 |
| M |
Linlithgow, Scotland |
Sun |
03/30/89 |
| M |
Malaysia |
Solectron (56) |
10/10/01 |
| N |
Thailand |
Celestica |
05/30/00 |
| P |
Anaheim, California |
APW |
06/19/01 |
| Q |
Dublin, Ireland |
Benchmark
Electronics |
09/07/00 |
| R |
Rosyth, Fife, Scotland |
Solectron |
03/19/01 |
| S |
Ashton, UK |
Celestica |
11/09/99 |
| S |
Newark, California |
Solectron |
08/16/01 |
| T |
Remanufacturing
(Plant 125) |
Sun |
08/10/90 |
| U |
Chelmsford, Massachusetts |
Sun |
11/09/92 |
| V |
Huntsville, Alabama |
Benchmark
Electronics |
10/02/00 |
| W |
Westbrook, Maine |
EM Solutions |
02/28/00 |
| X |
Beith, Scotland |
APW |
06/19/01 |
| X |
Dublin, Ireland |
APW |
12/11/01 |
| Y |
Milpitas, California |
Solectron (Bldg. 4) |
06/19/01 |
| Z |
Italy |
VSP/EMEA |
08/30/01 |
| AA |
Czech Republic |
VSP/EMEA |
08/30/01 |
| AB |
Milpitas, California |
Solectron (Bldg. 18) |
01/25/02 |
|
| F* |
Fremont, California |
MiTAC/Synnex |
n/a |
| H* |
Hsinchu, Taiwan |
MiTAC |
n/a |
| L* |
Suwon, Korea |
Samsung |
n/a |
| T* |
Telford, Shropshire, UK |
MiTAC |
n/a |
* These Plant Codes are followed by a Product Code.
Product Codes
| CODE |
PRODUCT |
| D |
SunRay 1 (MiTAC) |
| F |
Netra T1 AC200 / DC200 |
| L |
Netra X1 |
T
T |
Sun Blade 100
SunRay 150 (Samsung) |
| U |
SunRay 100 (Samsung) |
| W |
Ultra 5 / Ultra 10 |
|
|
Plant Codes (inactive)
| CODE |
LOCATION |
START
DATE |
END
DATE |
| A |
Beaverton, Oregon |
12/19/96 |
11/15/01 |
| A |
Ashton, UK
(Celestica) |
(unknown,
very brief) |
| B |
Mountain View 1, California |
n/a |
02/25/97 |
| C |
Irvine, California
(Celestica) |
04/09/97 |
11/15/99 |
| C |
Mountain View 4, California |
n/a |
04/09/97 |
| D |
Mountain View 3, California |
n/a |
10/06/97 |
| E |
Scotland
(Mach Technologies) |
10/31/97 |
03/09/01 |
| E |
Milpitas 1, California |
n/a |
10/31/97 |
| F |
Milpitas 4, California |
n/a |
02/28/00 |
| G |
Mach Tehnologies |
04/08/97 |
02/02/01 |
| G |
Westford, Massachusetts |
n/a |
04/08/97 |
| H |
Singapore
(Sun-3 Shoebox) |
n/a |
12/05/97 |
| J |
Apple |
n/a |
03/12/98 |
| K |
Milpitas 5, California |
n/a |
08/11/97 |
| L |
Milpitas 7, California
(Specials Engineering) |
n/a |
02/28/00 |
| N |
Japan |
03/30/89 |
05/30/00 |
| P |
Billerica, Massachusetts |
n/a |
06/19/01 |
| R |
Japan
(Fuji Xerox) |
03/14/90 |
03/19/01 |
| S |
Finished Goods |
n/a |
11/09/99 |
| V |
Malaysia
(Solectron 13) |
09/12/96 |
10/02/00 |
| X |
Test Site |
n/a |
06/19/01 |
| Y |
Solectron |
01/11/94 |
06/19/01 |
| EH |
Texas Instruments
(SBus Expansion Subsystem) |
n/a |
n/a |
|
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